Been going nuts trying to find a dash cam on Amazon that doesn't force loop recording. After a few hours of frustration I came here to ask for help. First post.
I don't mind if the cam offers loop recording, as long as I can disable it. I want it to record straight ahead until the card is full and then stop. All of them I checked on Amazon say they do loop recording, but none say anything about it being an option. I never want it to overwrite earlier recordings. This is priority one.
Next, I need simple offload - the SD card should look just like any other USB drive as far as my Windows PC is concerned. Allow a 64 gig or bigger card is a plus. It must save the files in a format that I can drag directly into VLC Media Player, no special software required. Mp4, Mkv, Avi, Mpg, Mov, whatever, just so it's not proprietary.
Also, better than ten minute file breaks. Ten minutes is the max I found so far. I want a half hour at the very least, with an hour preferred. (Is the 10 minute limit due to a 2 gig file size restriction? If so, I'd be willing to lower resolution to get greater file time span.)
And of course sharp 1080p resolution. Finally, I don't care about GPS or impact detection or any of the other bells and whistles I saw featured in my shopping effort.
I have a cheapo little handheld camera about 6 years old that does all of this, except it's 640x480 resolution. Seems there should be a modern camera with high resolution that can do it all, without forcing unwanted 'features' on me.
So... is there a camera that fits the bill?
I don't mind if the cam offers loop recording, as long as I can disable it. I want it to record straight ahead until the card is full and then stop. All of them I checked on Amazon say they do loop recording, but none say anything about it being an option. I never want it to overwrite earlier recordings. This is priority one.
Next, I need simple offload - the SD card should look just like any other USB drive as far as my Windows PC is concerned. Allow a 64 gig or bigger card is a plus. It must save the files in a format that I can drag directly into VLC Media Player, no special software required. Mp4, Mkv, Avi, Mpg, Mov, whatever, just so it's not proprietary.
Also, better than ten minute file breaks. Ten minutes is the max I found so far. I want a half hour at the very least, with an hour preferred. (Is the 10 minute limit due to a 2 gig file size restriction? If so, I'd be willing to lower resolution to get greater file time span.)
And of course sharp 1080p resolution. Finally, I don't care about GPS or impact detection or any of the other bells and whistles I saw featured in my shopping effort.
I have a cheapo little handheld camera about 6 years old that does all of this, except it's 640x480 resolution. Seems there should be a modern camera with high resolution that can do it all, without forcing unwanted 'features' on me.
So... is there a camera that fits the bill?